{"product_id":"piecing-me-together-9780606410816","title":"Piecing Me Together","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Timely and timeless.\" --Jacqueline Woodson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Important and deeply moving.\" --John Green\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJade believes she must get out of her poor neighborhood if she's ever going to succeed. Her mother tells her to take advantage of every opportunity that comes her way. And Jade has: every day she rides the bus away from her friends and to the private school where she feels like an outsider, but where she has plenty of opportunities. But some \u003ci\u003eopportunities\u003c\/i\u003e she doesn't really welcome, like an invitation to join Women to Women, a mentorship program for \"at-risk\" girls. Just because her mentor is black and graduated from the same high school doesn't mean she understands where Jade is coming from. She's tired of being singled out as someone who needs help, someone people want to fix. Jade wants to speak, to create, to express her joys and sorrows, her pain and her hope. Maybe there are some things she could show other women about understanding the world and finding ways to be real, to make a difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRENEE WATSON \u003c\/b\u003eis the acclaimed author of the teen novel, \u003ci\u003eThis Side of Home\u003c\/i\u003e, and two picture books: \u003ci\u003eHarlem's Little Blackbird\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Place Where Hurricanes Happen, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was featured on\u003ci\u003e NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams\u003c\/i\u003e. Her middle grade novel, \u003ci\u003eWhat Momma Left Me\u003c\/i\u003e debuted as an ABA New Voices Pick. She lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003ewww.reneewatson.net\u003cbr\u003e@harlemportland (Instagram)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Turtleback Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50326363701522,"sku":"9780606410816","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_17597de9-d19d-4afa-9f3f-0e7103131ef9.jpg?v=1727701018","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/piecing-me-together-9780606410816","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}